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Okay! Here goes my first gadget review. I am going to tell about a very cool bit of technology innovation called Western Digital WD TV Live player. A small cute device that is going to change the way you viewed connected media before!

Honestly speaking I didn’t appreciate this amazing piece of work when my husband bought it. Well he is a gadget freak or more rightly an electronics-shopaholic. But just like any shopaholics he has his own way of convincing why that was a ‘can’t live without’ stuff. I was really skeptical if any of his reasoning was going to even convince me on this. But this time, it was the product that convinced me! I’d not say that it’s a gadget you can’t live without, but I’d definitely say its worth every penny for its versatility.

Doesn’t require a Western Digital networked device to be able to play the media in it.

Live streaming from YouTube, Flickr, Pandora, and Live365. What’s more here?? You can login to your personal accounts in these internet media sites and play just your favorites! (Unfortunately Netflix and Picasa are missing.)

Comes with a good remote control.

Hitches:

Yeah it does have few hitches.

1. Though the network setup is really simple (just have to plug-in the cable from router), a small mistake in setting up file sharing in connected PCs can take ages to resolve. I personally had this problem (I had one Win7 laptop and one Win XP laptop – WD in fact offered to take the device back as they couldn’t say why I couldn’t connect to the networked laptops. Thankfully I had sense enough to Google for the solution and we were able to do the network media sharing!)

2. No inbuilt wireless connectivity. But this can be excused as streaming media over the network is better when its wired rather than wireless. (We did try the Wireless-N adapter, but it works pretty good as our router is also 802.11 draft2 N class – but definitely not as good as having it hard connected). So what’s the hitch? The extra bucks that you’ll have to throw in for the wireless adapter (and a N router).

Final Word:

This all in one wonder box is sure enough worth the money and will have you hooked on to it. Its a real piece of entertainment – Go for it! Its time for you to experience the good things that come in this small package.

Traveling the world will not really need to require conserving money for years and after that constraining yourself to precisely what your financial allowance can afford. There are several really effective approaches to generate profits whilst you vacation that will allow you to get pleasure from your stay and just go home when you’re all set — definitely not if you exhaust your funds. When you find yourself within a overseas nation in which you really don’t communicate the native language on a conversational level, it really is much easier to make money on the internet and there are several techniques this can be done. Vacation creating is a entertaining way to gain large sums of money every write-up. You may make a lot more if you are a qualified wedding photographer. You might also make money by purchasing securities if you your research before you decide to set off. Read Full Report to find out the most effective varieties of assets for folks who need to get an incredible gain without lots of risk. Home and rare metal are some purchases which may have proved helpful just for travelers and you may see here now precisely how these can easily do the job. If you commence to exhaust your funds so you will not be ready to go back home, consider marketing a number of your stuff. While you might think your stuff is common, the natives may possibly look at them as luxurious items and become happy to pay out significantly more than they will be really worth.

There are many space efficient solutions now a day that most home owners can use for their homes or condominiums given the limited space that they have and with the use of a small corner sofa bed, they can achieve this kind of solution. There are many kinds of corner sofa bed that are being sold in the market and this kind of furniture has a double feature that can function well in a bedroom or in a guest room as well.

The corner sofa bed has many uses when it is placed properly in your home and when you learn to decorate it so that it can also be used in your living room when it has a feature of storages. There are many kinds and sizes of corner sofa bed and with this, you must first measure the size of the room so that you would know how big the sofa bed you are going to purchase and you would also define the dimensions of the room.

You must learn to also rearrange the other furniture in the room when you place your corner sofa bed together with other kinds of furniture and by doing this, you can really optimize the space of your room and making it more efficient in terms of the style. There are many kinds of materials for a corner sofa bed and if you want to buy one, you may choose a cheap corner sofa bed made up of a genuine leather because this is more classy as compared to other kinds of materials.

If you are tight on a budget and you are unable to afford a genuine leather of a corner sofa bed then you can purchase a sofa bed with a fabric material which is very affordable and it also blends with other kind of furniture. You can always buy additional storage with fabric textiles as its cover so that it will be more decorative and colorful when you place it under the sofa bed and this is very functional for small space in your room along with other furniture.

What matters most in choosing the kind of corner sofa bed with storage bed that you want is the kind of base that it got because the base will be the basis for the durability of the sofa bed. The use of bright colored pillows or cushions is a big help for you corner sofa bed to become more attractive and these will also serve as additional decorations inside you room.

Spokane TV stations are broadcast companies in Spokane Washington that transmits programs over a television (medium). The most recent technology promotes that broadcast signals will be switched to the new digital signal. There are a number of well-known TV stations in Spokane which is already broadcasting digitally. So it exactly means that they will all switch off the analog signals by next year. When switched to this latest innovation, viewers will discover that stations are able to add auxiliary channels.

Here is a list of Spokane’s TV stations that serves the Spokane television market provided with their corresponding channels:

KREM Channel 2

KREM Channel 2 is one of the television stations in Spokane, WA which serves the Spokane television market. This TV station is located in 4103 South Regal Street Spokane, WA 99223. The programming of the station is run by the CBS network. KREM operates with 893 kilowatts of power and is owned by the Belo Corporation.

KXLY Channel 4

KXLY is a television station which runs programming from the ABC network. KXLY is a digital full-power television station that operates with 23.3 kilowatts of power and is owned by Spokane Television Group, a subsidiary of Morgan Murphy Media.

KHQ Channel 6

This TV station has just completed its installation and testing of a new digital antenna to greatly improve the station’s signal strength last week. The station runs programming from the NBC network and operates 45.1 kilowatts of power. The station is owned by The KHQ Television Group, a subsidiary of Cowles Publishing Company, which owns The Spokesman-Review newspaper.

KSPS Channel 7

This TV station which broadcasts three channels, including channels 8 and 44 has modified its digital frequencies. This change will be effective next year. The station runs programming from the PBS network and operates with 21.6 kilowatts of power. KSPS Channel is owned by Spokane Public Schools.

KWSU Channel 10

KWSU is a television station in Pullman which runs programming from the PBS network. KWSU with 6.2 kilowatts of power and is owned by Washington State University.

KSKN Channel 22

KSKN is a television station in Spokane which runs programming from the The CW network and identifies itself as “CW 22”. KSKN operates with 250 kilowatts of power and is owned by Belo Corporation.

KQUP Channel 24

KQUP is a television station in Pullman, WA which runs Daystar programming and identifies itself as “KQUP 24”. KQUP operates with 57 kilowatts of power and is owned by Daystar Television Network.

KCDT Channel 26

KCDT is a television station in Coeur d’Alene, ID which runs programming from the PBS network and identifies itself as “Idaho PTV”. This television station operates with 38 kilowatts of power and is owned by Idaho State Board of Education.

KAYU Channel 28

KAYU is a television station in Spokane, WA which runs programming from the FOX network and identifies itself as “FOX 28”. KAYU operates with 91.4 kilowatts of power and is owned by Northwest Broadcasting.

KGPX Channel 34

KGPX is a television station in Spokane which runs programming from the ion network. KGPX is a digital full-power television station that operates with 104 kilowatts of power and is owned by ION Media Networks.

KHBA Channel 39

KHBA Channel 39 is a low-power TV station broadcasting locally on UHF. This TV station is the only local Christian station which runs programming from 3ABN. The station is owned by He’s Alive Broadcasting Association.

When you think of giving a site or product exposure, people immediately think of advertising in say – The local papers, yellow pages, TV, Radio Ads, Fliers and all other sorts of advertising media. Publicity is none of the above. Advertising is Advertising and Publicity is Publicity. The way to describe Publicity is that it is usually done by writing a story or a description of something funny that happened on the way home or some topical event. This story usually involves you – but it also involves mentioning your business, giving your Name, Email, website address and anything else you wish to put into the article. This article or story is then submitted to your local newspaper editor, the local radio station, free newspapers and any other media looking for a good story to fill up their paper so that they don’t have to go looking for news.

Depending on how well the article is written as to how willing the media will be to accept your article. You may have also taken some photos or videos of the event you saw which you can admit as well. If you have written a story of your new restaurant make it credible, detail what type of food you are going to be serving, giving them an idea of what will be on the menu, what type of service they can expect and whether it is licensed or not. Also mention any successful restaurants, cafes or any eateries that you have been connected with. Mention how experienced your staff is and where they worked before. Mention how the food will be cooked and what garnishing and extras you will be serving with your meals.

All this is to encourage the reader to come and sample all your restaurant has to offer, and if the customer is hungry and eager – whatever you do don’t disappoint them. Publicity for other businesses roughly follows the same formula. You mention your Qualification, your staffs qualifications, how the establishment is set up and of courses tell them the address of your business so that they can find it. Putting a large address number at the front of your building if practical makes it much easier for you to be found. You do want people driving up and down and giving up when they can’t find it. Also if it is practical you should have a large sign and several smaller ones so that customers can see where you are whichever direction they are coming from.

If you want to put a story on TV for free or paid TV naturally you have to try and do it yourself which is usually fine if you are putting a video on YouTube or Google Video or one of the other video sites. If you want to put a small story on TV on some of the cable channels you can do it yourself, but on regular TV, you want to come across as semi professional and not a backyard, fly by night experience. There are a lot of Media professionals that are quite competitive price-wise, even compared to newspapers.

Someone once said “All Publicity Is Good Publicity”. Why do you think people throw TV, s out of hotel windows, get married for 24 hours, spend $3million on their wedding. That is because the publicity that comes from such events, makes people famous, saves careers, gets full front page, prime time TV exposure, publicity which you can not buy. It is a great way to keep people in the foreground and have people talking about them. Odd Strange and Eccentric people sell newspapers and TV time.

People who are loved by some and hated by others are a very salable item, with managers lining up to sign them up no matter what they are famous for. Therefore your business must try to find something about it that people will talk about!

Need weight loss help? Getting help anywhere—in books, the internet, the magazines, and others—is now easy with the help of the print media, film and TV media , and the internet.

Weight loss help books are available in the bookstores anywhere in your vicinity. These books are usually of the self-help variety which can contain tips on how to maintain your regular and/or ideal weight and tips on how to achieve your ideal weight if you are overweight, that is.

Information about the quick weight loss diet programs that are ceaselessly advertised by stars in and out of the TV screens, the health and fitness channels on TV, the weekly or monthly entertainment magazines and even those we encounter in casual conversations with our friends are now printed with in depth and with more details on the self-help books.

To know more about weight loss and the methods employed by majority of the public, it’s best to check with the bookstores or the libraries.

Another source of weight loss help aside from the books is the internet. Type in the keywords: “weight loss help” on the search bars of Google, Yahoo, Altavista, MSN—and other web browsers—and hit the enter key on the keyboard and a number of page titles containing the keywords you entered will come out right in front of your face!

All you need do is sift through the information you get, whether they are significant or unnecessary, and do extensive reading on them. One website on weight loss issues, authored by Anne Collins, compiled many articles that you may find helpful on the subject of weight loss. Aside from that site, there are a few more sites that offer the same kind of services.

All you need do is type and click the search button beside the search bar of your chosen web browser. Also, it would probably be more helpful if you combine both the information power of the print media and the electronic media.

With the combined abilities of the print media (books, magazines, newspapers and etc.) and the electronic media (namely, the internet), the more you acquire information on weight loss that are significant, valid and genuinely backed by scientific studies.

Aside from books and the internet, there are videotapes and DVDs or VCDs that give instructions or information on the many popular methods of losing weight. These visual media are also great source for weight loss help—most especially to those who seek them. VCDs, DVDs and videotapes are usually of the documentary-demonstration type where there is little interview and more demonstration on how the methods employed in losing weight work on the human body. Of course you can also get help from those who have used these weight loss programs and have nothing but compliments and praises on them. Casual conversations with friends who’ve used the popular methods of losing weight can be a great source of information on weight loss.

In this technologically-advanced era, weight loss help is only a few steps ahead of us. All we do is read around!

A major international conference on agricultural biotechnology starts in Melbourne, Australia, today (August 6, 2006).The Agricultural Biotech International Conference (ABIC) brings together representatives of biotech companies, agricultural researchers and policy makers from across the world.

The theme of this conference is Unlocking the Potential of Agricultural Biotechnology. Some of the topics to be discussed include:

* Importance of biotechnology in meeting global food requirements.

* Application of agricultural biotechnology in biomedicine.

* Commercialization of innovative biotechnology.

* Practical applications of genomics to cereal crops.

* Using biotechnology to protect and enhance food supply.

* Biotechnology in developing countries.

Unlocking the potential of agricultural biotechnology is an issue that has been with us since the commercialization of the first genetically modified crop a decade ago. Developed countries, notably the U.S. and Canada, appreciate that agricultural biotechnology has been a prime mover of their economies. They have massively invested in it, effectively eclipsing the so-called conventional agriculture. The gains have been innumerable.

Farmers in these countries have almost doubled their income from cultivating genetically modified crops, that are usually high yielding and pest resistant.

In developing countries, the picture is different. Agricultural biotechnology remains a contested issue. Many developing countries would not embrace because of their distrust for the developed countries. Others have been fed with lies that agricultural biotechnology, and in particular Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), pose danger to the environment and the health of consumers.

Positive attributes of agricultural biotechnology must be played out at the Melbourne meeting for all to listen.

It’s encouraging that delegates from developing countries such as Prof. Jennifer Thomson (South Africa), Dr. Jagadish Mittur (India), and Dr. Rangsun Parnpai (Thailand) are attending this conference. They have a chance to learn firsthand how agricultural biotechnology has revolutionized the economies of such countries as the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. These delegates must explore how their countries can similarly benefit from agricultural biotechnology.

Since this is a gathering of experts in agricultural biotechnology, it’s expected that there will a productive debate on the potential of agricultural biotechnology. Delegates should conduct their deliberations with developing countries in mind. It’s here where agricultural biotechnology is in dire need.

Developing countries delegates are encouraged to view this conference as a window of opportunity to learn from as many experts as possible on the potential of agricultural biotechnology.

Once the curtains of this conference fall, delegates from developing countries must ensure that they share the lessons learnt with policy makers, scientists and farmers in their respective countries.

This series of articles are focused on how to become known as an expert. Today we will focus on how to gain media attention.

Dale Carnegie said in his famous book – How To Win Friends and Influence People, “babies cry for and grown men die for”. We all want attention and recognition. We seek media attention to get our name splashed in newspapers, radio and TV. Not only is it something we personally want but it is also a great strategy to gain expert status and get clients.

I have been written up in print, interviewed on radio and TV. Did you know one appearance on TV can catapult you into fame and launch your career into the stratosphere? Fawn Germer, who I recently hear speak, was featured on Oprah. She has leveraged it to the hilt. We all know what can happen if you are seen on The Oprah Show. Businesses become hugely successful and a million books are sold! Dr. Phil and Dr. OZ started as guests on The Oprah Show. Now they have their own shows.

So how do you get attention of the media?

Here are 5 simple strategies:

Find an angle that will appeal to the media: It is quite easy to look up what current stories are already being covered in the media. Just find an angle to latch on to the story. It is not enough to say that you are a chiropractor or a massage therapist. What is new, unique or newsworthy about your profession?

Prepare you story: Once you know the angle, create a pitch that is easy for you to communicate. Human interest stories are featured all the time. Pick a struggle and how you or a client overcame that struggle.

Get a list of reporters: Today it is easier to find reporters on the internet. Social media has made reporters and journalists much more accessible. Pick the target market you want to focus on and find the reporters who cover such stories.

Call or email them: Depending on the information you have and how timely it is, you can just pick up the phone and call the reporter. Make sure you are aware of simple protocols. TV, radio and print media – all have different strategies in collecting and sharing information. Pay attention to when and how you should approach the media.

Build a relationship: I consistently write comments to the reporters. You will be amazed how many of them will reply back. Make it a habit to communicate with them so you can be recognized. Today the media is required to build a following and be in touch with their audience.

These simple and effective strategies will help you start moving towards being a media star.

The Indian media fraternity comprises of several components. These include newspapers, magazines, tabloids, TV, radio and the internet. Of late, internet has witnessed the most amounts of investments and is being called the sunrise sector of Indian media. Today, almost all news can be got instantly from the internet as and when they happen. News in India is mostly made up of the day to day happenings of the Indian community as well as all over the world.

Indian media has existed in the country ever since the 18th century. Radio was first introduced by the British and news broadcast stared started almost immediately. Notable Indian luminaries contributed to the growth of Indian radio and this important component of Indian media has been around for almost a century now.

A recent study on the media of India has revealed that over a 100 million daily newspapers were bought in the country. This has made India the second largest newspaper market in the world. In fact, the Indian news industry has grown hugely over the last decade. This is partly because of the fact that TV has made huge inroads in the house of the average Indian. There are more than 1400 companies in the country today that’s making TV sets. This, on its part, has made India the fourth largest TV market. This is mostly stemmed from the fact that the Indian media operates in country that has a huge population. Besides the print and electronic media, internet has gained immense ground, as already said, and has reached almost every nook and corner of the country. Online news has emerged as a quick and efficient method of catering news in the Indian media industry.

Like most other countries, news in Indian media is almost instantaneously catered to the audience via the TV channels. This enables the media of India to reach out to the largest possible audience at one go.

Another important facet of the media of India is the publication of vernacular newspapers. India has linguistic states and each state has several vernacular newspapers catering news, views, information and opinion of local and regional interest to people of that particular state. Many states have their local English dailies as well that mostly caters to the urban and the semi-urban class.

Since the early and the mid-1990s, radio in India has been mostly powered by the FM channels. The FM transmissions transformed the radio from a fading media to a really vibrant one. The FM transmission is mostly entertainment oriented although the government-run stations broadcasts news and information of social importance.

It can be said sans any doubt that the media of India would take a quantum leap in the coming years powered by the internet and TV.

It’s no secret that technology has been evolving at an alarming rate and that makes flat screen televisions more available at discount prices. Therefore as prices of televisions come down the market for flat screen TV stands goes up. The sized of flat screens as of late keep getting bigger and that requires a television stand that can accommodate such a large TV. Another factor to consider is how much storage they can house in you entertainment center. if you are like me you have a rapidly growing collection of media including DVD, CD and gaming products. This has to be a main requirement for buying, Media storage.

Since the onslaught of Blu-ray and DVD movies, we as consumers have to find a way to store all of this equipment preferably in the same place we house our television, TV Stands! So the thing to do is find the right flat screen television stand that will not only hold my TV and media collection but also my gaming devices, Blu-ray player and audio players for my speakers. To accommodate all of this I need storage shelves, drawers and perhaps a media storage cabinet to handle and incorporate it all.

One of the best ways to go about finding the right TV stand is by going to your local HH gregg or Best Buy to see what they stock and if it will fit your budget and home decor. You want to somewhat match your Television stand with your flat panel TV. They come in all sorts of wood finishes or if you prefer a more contemporary look you can go with metal or glass. Be sure to check reviews and prices to be sure that you are getting the best value for your money. I always check online to see if I can get a better deal and most of the time I can. Places like eBay and Amazon always have a great selection.